Inkstand-cover



(No Model.)

H. C. PHILLIPS 8v J. PALMER, Jr. INKSTAND COVER.

= No. 534,227. Patented Peb. 12, 1895.l

lillli if iin UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

HARRY O. PHILLIPS AND JAMES PALMER, JR., OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

INKSTAND-COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 534,227, dated February12, 1895.

Application filed November 2, 1894. Serial No. 527.764. (No model.)

To all whom t may concer-n:

Be it known that we, HARRY O. PHILLIPS and JAMES PALMER, J r., ofRochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, haveinventedcertain new and useful Improve ments in Inkstand-Covers; and wedo hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the referencenumerals marked thereon.

Our present invention has for its object to provide a cover capable ofapplication to an ordinary inkstand or ink-bottle and adapted to preventthe entrance of dust, and as well the evaporation of the ink, and whichshall not interfere with the dipping of the pen into the bottle, whendesired; our device also serving, if desired, to prevent too great aquantity of ink being carried on the pen, and to these and other ends,the invention consists in certain improvements in construction andcombinations of parts, alll as will be hereinafter fully described andthe novel features pointed out in the claims at the end of thisspecification. i

In the drawingsz-Figures 1 and 2 are sectional views of our device,showing it applied to an ordinary ink-bottle. Fig. 3, is abottom planview with the bottom plate partly broken away; Fig. 4, a top plan viewof the same; Fig. 5, a perspective view of a blank from which one of thelids or covers is constructed.

Similar reference numerals in the several figures indicate similarparts.

In carrying ont our invention we provide a top plate 1, preferablyin theform of a disk having a downwardly extending iiange 2 and also thecentral aperture formed by punching out and turning down the ears 3,which also serve as guides for the sides of the iiexible lids or covers4. The lids or covers are constructed from a blank, such as shown inFig. 5, cut from some iiexible and preferably elastic material, asrubber, provided with the laterally extending portions 5 at the ends,which, when the blank is bent to the form shown in Fig. 2, and in dottedlines in Fig. A5, are located inside the cover, while thedouble portionof each lid extends half-way across beneath the aperture inthe plate 1,the two lids meeting at or near the center of the aperture, as

tially as described.

shown. Two of these elastic lids are provided and they are held inposition within the plate 1, preferably, bya bottom plate 6 formed withthe downwardly projecting lugs or ears 7; the ears 3 upon the upperplate passing through the central aperture formed by turning down theears 6. If desired, the outer depending flange of the upper plate may beturned over the lower plate 6 to hold the parts in position, but this isnot necessary as the friction between the said depending flange and theedge of the plate 6 will be sufficient for the purpose.

When in use the device is placed over the mouth of an ordinaryink-bottle and the legs 7 hold it in position, the two elastic lids 4abutting, as shown in Fig. 2, and entirely closing the aperture andexcluding dust and preventing the evaporation of the ink. When theoperator desires to inserthis pen in the ink, he simply pushes it downbetween the elastic iiexible covers, which will readily yield, and uponthe withdrawal of the pen said iiexible covers will resume the positionshown in Fig. 2, by their own elasticity. By turning vthe pen, the edgesof the iiexible lids may serve to remove from the nibs any surplus ink,as will be understood.

The lids or covers 4 may be made very cheaply of sheet rubber and willnot interfere with the insertion of the pen between them, and they maybe furnished in quantity so that when they become worn or lose theirelasticity' they may be readily replaced by others, removing the bottomplate 6 for the purpose, the extensions 5 preventing the longitudinaldisplacement of the lids.

By making the covers themselves elastic and preferably rounded on theirmeeting edges, as shown, they will yield much more readily when the penis inserted than would inliexible covers operated by a spring.

This device is very simple and may be manufactured and put upon themarket cheaply, the parts all being capable of being stamped out ofsheet material.

We claim as our invention-- l. The combination with the top plate havingan aperture, and the downwardly extending ears at the sides thereof, ofthe two abutting lids of elastic flexible material secured to the plateand engaging the ears, substan- IOC 2. The combination with the coverhaving an aperture, of the two lids composed of the doubled pieces ofelastic material extending across the aperture and abutting at or nearthe center, substantially as described.

3. The combination with the cover, having an aperture, and the dependingarms for engaginga bottle, of the two independent lids of elasticflexible material connected to the cover and projecting from oppositesides of the aperture with their edges abutting, substantially asdescribed.

4. The combination with the apertured top and bottom plates, of theelastic flexible lids arranged between said plates and extending fromopposite sides and abutting within the aperture, substantially asdescribed.

5. The combination with the top and bottom plates having the aperturesand connected to each other, of the lids secured between them composedof the rubber strips having lateral extensions near their ends anddoubled at their center and arranged with their doubled edges incontact, substantially as' described.

G. The combination with the top plate having the aperture, and thedownwardly extending ears, and the bottom plate having the dependingarms for engaging a bottle, of the two ieXible elastic lids securedbetween the plates and projecting from opposite sides of the a erturewith their edges abutting, substantlally as described.

HARRY C. PHILLIPS. .T AMES PALMER, JR. Witnesses:

G. A. RoDo, F. F. CHURCH.

